Coalition Takes Aim at Corporate Donors to Super PACs

On Monday, an influential cross-section of groups including Common Cause and labor unions will open a new front in the war over super PACs.

The coalition was organized to apply pressure on companies that use corporate money – either publicly or privately – to fund independent political organizations that seek to impact elections. The tactics could include boycotts, shareholder pressure and even calls for pension funds to divest from offending companies, said New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, an organizer.